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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, 1861-1971

111. IOR/L/PS/12/475

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/475
Title:
PZ 584/41 'Omani fear of an invasion.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe, Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Departme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1940-6 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (7 folios)

112. IOR/L/PS/12/547

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/547
Title:
Ext 4733/41 'Assistance to the cousin of the Sultan of Muscat.'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the provision of assistance to the cousin of the Sultan of Muscat. The discussion in the volume relates to the decisions, logistics and practical arrangements concerned with financial and logistical assi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1941-1 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

113. IOR/L/PS/12/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/658
Title:
Ext 6705/41(2) 'Locusts'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, drafts, extracts, and notes concerning efforts to control locust outbreaks in India, Iran, and parts of the Middle East. Included within the file: Monthly reports on locust outbreaks from the Political Agent, Muscat, sent to the Imperial Agricultural Resear...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1946-27 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

114. IOR/L/PS/12/791

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/791
Title:
Ext 424/43 'Application for Swiss francs to pay for import of watches in Koweit'
Scope & Content:
Thefile consists primarily of letters between the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Treasury about a Swissapplication to send watches to Kuwait. The Foreign Exchange Control and theLocal Government accept the Swiss application and the watches are...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1942-7 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

115. IOR/L/PS/12/906

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/906
Title:
Ext 1078/44 'United States Minister, Baghdad: Tour of Arab Coast of Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a tour of the Arabian coast by Loy W Henderson, United States Minister to Iraq, and his interactions with the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, and with Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. As well as Mr Henderson, the primary corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1944-17 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

116. IOR/L/PS/12/1951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1951
Title:
Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the establishment of facilities along the southern coast of Oman for a proposed Muscat-Aden air route. It predominantly consists of reports on expeditions to establish (or repair) landing grounds and petrol storage facilities at the following locations: Masirah Island,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (169 folios)

117. IOR/L/PS/12/1984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1984
Title:
Coll 5/33 ‘Air-route to India: Landing ground at Gwadur; Muscat Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes and correspondence related to the use of the Gwadur Aerodrome by Imperial Airways and the Royal Air Force. It also therefore covers the negotiations surrounding the Muscat Civil Air Agreement (1934), and subsequent amendments to modify the level of rent paid to the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1933-5 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

118. IOR/L/PS/12/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1985
Title:
Coll 5/33(2) ‘AIR ROUTE TO INDIA: MUSCAT CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT (NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to negotiations between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, for a new Civil Air Agreement; Britain's aviation rights in Oman during the Second World War (1939-1945) had depended on a War Subsid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1945-2 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

119. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)

120. IOR/L/PS/12/2137

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2137
Title:
Coll 6/67(4) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar.'
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that the boundaries should be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1935-27 Sep 1937
Extent:
1 file (420 folios)